Sensor means for television receiver

ABSTRACT

An electric and electronic sensor for selecting high resolution multi-medial operative programs and functions, connected to an interface device ( 2 ) for an appliance for processing a plurality of high resolution multi-medial operative programs and functions, integrated with a television receiver screen ( 7 ), for setting, performing such multi-medial operative programs and functions for personal computers and television receivers, and displaying them on the video screen ( 7 ). The sensor includes a set of sensors ( 12 - 18 ) connected to a microprocessor ( 1 ) of the interface device ( 2 ) and adapted to select the operative programs and function by the spaced away movements and gestures of the user, without the user directly manipulating the various sensor circuits and/or utilizing remote control apparatus, and also by not pressing, touching or skimming any device interacting with these sensor circuits.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. non-provisional applicationentitled “SENSOR MEANS FOR TELEVISION RECEIVER” having Ser. No.14/232,959, filed Jul. 12, 2012, which is a 371 application ofinternational application entitled “SENSOR MEANS FOR TELEVISIONRECEIVER” having serial number PCT/IB2012/001416, filed Jul. 12, 2012,which claims priority to application entitled “SENSOR MEANS FORTELEVISION RECEIVER” having serial number PN2011A000051, (Italy) filedon Jul. 15, 2011, the entirety of which is hereby incorporated byreference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to electric and electronic sensor means connectedto an interface device for an appliance for processing a plurality ofhigh resolution multi-medial operative programs and functions of variouskind, integrated with a television receiver screen, adapted to allow toset, perform and display such multi-medial operative programs andfunctions onto the same screen.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

It is known an appliance for processing a plurality of high resolutionmulti-medial operative programs and functions, integrated with atelevision receiver screen, for setting and displaying such multi-medialoperative programs and functions onto the same screen.

SUMMARY

In particular, this appliance is adapted to permit to set and displaysuch operative programs and functions onto at least a televisionreceiver screen of any type (LCD, LED, plasma etc . . . ), included intothe same appliance or into separated external appliances, and ischaracterized by main electronic control means such as at least a masteror main microprocessor for controlling and managing informatics analogand digital data in general and data of the operative programs andfunctions for personal computers and television receivers of variouskind; by video signals processing means such as a video processorconnected to both the master microprocessor and the television screen,so as to receive and process video signals of any type depending on theinformatics data of the operative programs and functions which have beenrespectively set and processed through such master microprocessor, andfor displaying such video signals on to the video screen; by audiosignals processing means such as an audio processor connected to boththe master microprocessor and the sound reproducing transducers, forprocessing and reproducing the audio signals depending on theinformatics data and the operative programs and functions which havebeen respectively set and processed through such master microprocessor;by selector means for the input of analog and digital video and audiosignals of various kind, which are transmitted via radio, cable, wires,optical fibres and the like, which selector means are connected to thevideo processor and the master microprocessor through a BUS controlline, which in turn is connected to both the audio processor and agraphic module for processing the video signals; and is alsocharacterized by first, second and third electronic control means of theinputted and outputted informatics data in general and the data of theoperative programs and functions for personal computers and televisionreceivers with respect to the appliance and the external peripheralappliances, which are connected operatively to the same appliance, saidfirst electronic control means being constituted by a remote controlcircuit formed by a receiver/detector connected operatively to themaster microprocessor through a multiplexer switch and the BUS controlline, and being adapted to receive and to transmit informatics data viaradio, cable, wire, optical fibres or the like, which data are set inadvance into external peripheral appliances such as remote controls,keyboards and mouses of personal computers, appliances connected to theInternet network, and the like, appliances interacting with this remotecontrol circuit, for displaying the images and reproducing the soundscontained into such data, and these data are received by the appliancereferred to and transmitted to the peripheral appliances for displayingthe images and reproducing the sounds contained into the same data.Moreover, this remote control circuit allows to set and to selectdirectly into the peripheral appliances the operative programs andfunctions for personal computers and television receivers, and to checkthe functions of the most different kinds, to be performed in theappliance referred to. In turn, the second electronic control means areadapted to receive and to transmit audio data and to set and select viaradio, cable, wires and the like the operative programs and functionsfor personal computers and television receivers and are constituted byat least a multiplexer switch connected to the audio processor and theBUS control line connected to the master microprocessor. Besides, thethird electronic control means are adapted to receive and transmit, viaradio, cable, wires, optical fibres and the like, informatics data ingeneral and analog and digital video and audio data of the operativeprograms and functions for personal computers and television receiversand are constituted by at least an access gate, connected with itsinputs to a plurality of peripheral appliances of various kind and withone or more of its outputs to the master microprocessor, through the BUScontrol line. This processing appliance is also characterized in thatthe master microprocessor is adapted to control and manage the dataexchange among it and the input selector means and the first, second andthird electronic control means, and among it and correspondentelectronic control means of external electronic appliances and/orsystems, which are connected permanently or temporarily with thisappliance, and that the master microprocessor is set for receiving atits input informatics data in general and analog and digital data of theoperative programs and functions which have been set through such first,second and third electronic control means and the correspondent controlmeans of the external electronic appliances and/or systems, in order tomanage and process the same data and to transmit correspondent responseoutput signals adapted to control the carrying out of the operativeprograms and functions which have been set, and the means for processingthe video signals and the audio signals of this appliance and theexternal electronic appliances and/or systems, by displaying thecorrespondent images on to the television screen and reproducing thecorrespondent sounds in the audio transducer means of this appliance andthe correspondent television screens and audio transducers of theexternal electronic appliances and/or systems, and being adapted tocheck and inspect also the correct operation and the carrying out of theoperative programs and functions of this appliance and the externalelectronic appliances and systems, so as to signal and in case correctautomatically any not correctly performed operation, or to signal alsoany possible operative failure or defect of this appliance and theexternal electronic appliances and systems.

Besides, such master microprocessor is connected with its outputs to amass storage unit (hard disk) and an optical writer/reader device oftraditional type.

It is also known a system for processing in a real time the human voicefor controlling data and functions of various kind in an appliance ofthe above mentioned type, which is adapted to select and control aplurality of data relating to the high resolution multi-medial operativeprograms and functions, which must be performed in the appliancereferred to and the external electronic appliances and/or systems, whichare connected operatively to the same appliance.

Such system is characterized by at least a microphone connected, throughcontrol means, analog-digital converter means, transmitter means,receiver means, decoder and receiver means for voice control and groundnoises filtering means, with voice analyzer means adapted to recognizethe tone, the timbre and the volume of the human voice and the phonemespronounced in front of this microphone, and which have been re-orderedin the form of digital signals coded into proper data banks, stored intostorage means of the appliance, together with the database of thecontrols for the operative programs and/or functions which must beperformed from time to time in the electronic appliances and/or systems,and which are displayed and identified through a suitable window of therelative appliance and/or system, said voice analyzer means beingconnected through a BUS control line to said main electronic controlmeans and being arranged with an operative program adapted to besubmitted to an initial training step and a possible learning step, insuch a way as to recognize in one or more times the phonemes and/or thevocal controls which have been given through said microphone and togenerate as response a determinate type of coded digital signal adaptedto control the relative electronic components, to provide for carryingout of the correspondent operative programs and/or functions and, in thecase of failure of recognizing of such phonemes and/or the vocalcontrols, even in the case in which they have not yet introduced intothe database, with relative refusal of the same phonemes and/controls,said operative program being adapted to display in the screen thesimilar phonemes and/or all the controls contained into the storeddatabase, so as to select, through a remote control apparatus of theappliance, the correct phonemes and/or controls corresponding to thegiven phonemes and vocal controls, which are introduced into saidoperative program, with consequent automatic change and correction ofsuch phonemes and/or vocal controls and carrying out of the selectedoperative programs and/or functions, and storage into the databasethereof, and activation of the relative electronic control componentsfor carrying out the respectively selected operative programs and/orfunctions.

Finally, it is known an interface device associated with a knownappliance of the kind referred to, which is connected to peripheralappliances of the most different types, which device is controlledmanually or by means of a remote control apparatus, and is so set as toreceive input signals of a plurality of multi-medial operative programsand functions, of the same type and also of different type with respectto those available with said processing appliance, and coming from suchperipheral appliances, which programs and functions are selectedmanually or by means of a remote control apparatus, and is also set forgenerating corresponding output signals adapted to display onto thescreen of the appliance referred to the selected operative programs andfunctions, as well as to reproduce in the same appliance the soundscontained into such so selected operative programs and functions.Moreover, such interface device may also interact with the relatedperipheral appliances, controlled manually or by means of a remotecontrol apparatus, in such a manner that to change at will the operativeprograms and functions which have been selected into the same peripheralappliances, and to generate corresponding modified output signalsadapted to display on to the screen of the appliance referred to thesemodified operative programs and functions, as well as to reproduce inthe same appliance the sounds contained into these modified operativeprograms and functions. Finally, such interface device may also interactwith the peripheral appliances, controlled manually or by means of aremote control apparatus, in such a manner to change at will theoperative programs and functions selected into one or more of the sameperipheral appliances, and to generate corresponding modified outputsignals which are transmitted to additional and different peripheralappliances, in order to be added to the operative programs and functionsof these additional and different peripheral appliances, by modifyingthem as desired, and to display on to the screen of the appliancereferred to these additional operative programs and functions, as wellas to reproduce in the same appliance the sounds contained into theseadditional operative programs and functions. The invention relates toelectric and electronic sensor means, connected to an interface deviceand in case also to a vocal control system of the types described asabove, in order to allow for setting, performing and displaying themulti-medial operative programs and functions on to the screen of anappliance of the type referred to.

The invention will be better understood from the following description,given by way of not limiting example only, and with reference to thesingle accompanying FIGURE, showing the block diagram of the abovementioned electric and electronic sensor means.

The electric and electronic sensor means in accordance to the invention,which will be described hereinafter with reference to the block diagramindicated in the attached FIGURE, are included into an interface deviceassociated with an appliance for processing a plurality of highresolution multi-medial operative programs and functions of variouskind, integrated with the screen of a television receiver, for settingand displaying on to the screen the multi-medial operative programs andfunctions of both the television receiver and the personal computer,wherein such interface device and processing appliance are describedsynthetically in the known state of the art described in the aboveintroductory part of the present patent application, and the interfacedevice is described and claimed in the patent application for inventionn. PN2010A000006, filed on Jan. 28, 2010, while the processing applianceis described and claimed in the patent application for invention n.

PN2005A000038, filed on Jun. 15, 2005. Therefore, in the followingdescription all the component parts of the known patent applicationswill not be described in detail, but there will be described only thecomponent parts relevant for the present invention.

To this aim, in the block diagram of the present invention it isrepresented an electronic microprocessor 1 of the interface device 2,included into a separate electronic card (not indicated) and connectedoperatively to a set of electric and electronic sensor circuits 3,formed by the electric and electronic sensors which will be describedfor performing the functions which will be described too. Suchelectronic microprocessor 1, which is foreseen for being set in themanner and for the functions which will be described, in turn isconnected operatively with a BUS line 4 to a master microprocessor 5 ofthe above specified appliance for processing a plurality of highresolution multi-medial operative programs and functions, which isintegrated with a television receiver screen for achieving the settingand performance of such multi-medial operative programs and functionsand displaying thereof on to such screen and reproducing the sounds intosaid audio processor and transducers for reproducing the sound of suchappliance. This master microprocessor 5 is supplied by the electricsupply line, together with the microprocessor 1 and the electric andelectronic sensors 3 of the interface device 2, and is included into aseparate card 6, together with the electronic control and processingcircuits (which aren't indicated in the enclosed schema, but aredescribed in detail in the above indicated Italian patent application n.PN2005A000038), in order to display or not display on to the screen 7 ofthe appliance referred to, which is connected to and controlled by avideo card (not shown) connected operatively to the mastermicroprocessor 5, the images of the selected or received multi-medialoperative programs and functions, and to reproduce the sounds in theaudio processors and the sound reproducing transducers of suchappliance, which for simplicity are indicated with the electronic block8 in the enclosed FIGURE, which is connected operatively with the mastermicroprocessor 5. Thanks to the presence of the BUS line 4, it is sopossible to effect an exchange of electronic and digital informationsbetween the master microprocessor 5 of the appliance referred to and themicroprocessor 1 of the interface device, which informations areselected by acting on one or different circuits of electric andelectronic sensors 3, and are introduced into and processed by themicroprocessor 1, which in turn transmit them to the mastermicroprocessor 5 so as to provide for controlling and displaying on tothe screen 7 the various programs and the various functions which havebeen selected through said sensor circuits, and reproducing the soundsthereof in the block 8.

Besides, the master microprocessor 5 is able to provide some codedresponse informations to the microprocessor 1, for recognizing theoperative programs and functions which are activated from time to timein the appliance referred to and displayed or not displayed on to thescreen 7, and reproduced with their sounds in the block 8, and theseinformations exchanged between the microprocessors 1 and 5 through theBUS line 4 are generated and transmitted and/or received in the mannerand for the functions which will be described. Furthermore, themicroprocessor 1 of the interface device 2 is connected operativelythrough an additional BUS line 9 to the human voice real time processingsystem 10, for controlling data and functions of various kind, whichsystem is included into the above appliance for processing a pluralityof high resolution multi-medial operative programs and functions, andhas been synthetically commented in the known state of the art, whichhas been described and claimed in the patent application for inventionn.

PN2006A000069, filed on Sep. 13, 2006. Therefore, also in this case inthe following description there will not be described in detail all thecomponent parts of such previous patent application, but there will bedescribed only the component parts relevant for the present invention.

To this aim, these relevant component parts are substantiallyconstituted by said main electronic control means, consisting of amaster or main microprocessor 11 which is set and operates in a manneridentical to that described in said patent application n. PN2006A000069,such master microprocessor 11 being connected through the BUS line 9 tothe microprocessor 1 of the interface device 2, for effecting in thisway an exchange of electronic and digital informations between themicroprocessors 1 and 11, and between these two microprocessors 1, 11and the master microprocessor 5 of the appliance for processing aplurality of high resolution multi-medial operative programs andfunctions, which informations are selected by acting on one or differentcircuits of electric and electronic sensors 3, and/or also on themicroprocessor 11 for real time processing the human voice, and suchinformations are so introduced into and processed by the microprocessor1, which in turn transmit them to either one or both the microprocessors5 and 11, to provide for controlling and displaying on to the screen 7the various programs and the various functions selected through saidsensor circuits and/or said vocal control system 10, and reproducingtheir sounds in the block 8. There are now described the mode forsetting and operating the microprocessor 1 of the interface device 2,and some examples of the different electric and electronic sensorcircuits 3 connected to such microprocessor 1, as well as the modes forselecting the multi-medial operative programs and functions in theappliance referred to, by acting on to said sensor circuits and/or alsoon the vocal control system 10. In particular, as already described inthe patent application n. PN2010A000006, the microprocessor 1 is set inadvance for controlling, depending on the selections effected throughthe different sensor circuits 3 and/or also the vocal control system 10,and through the master microprocessor 5, the images displayed on to thescreen 7 and the sound reproduced in the electronic block 8, of the soselected different operative programs and functions, and suchmicroprocessor 1 is also set for controlling and checking all theresponse signals produced by the different component parts activated bythe appliance referred to, which are processed and received through themaster microprocessor 5, in order to manage correctly all the operativeprograms and functions which have been selected as described.

In turn, the circuits of electric and electronic sensors 3 are providedfor selecting such operative programs and functions of the processingappliance as above described, by acquiring directly by the user of themovements and gestures spaced away from the sensor circuits, withoutrequiring by the same user the direct manipulation of these sensorcircuits and/or the use of remote control apparatuses or similardevices, as well as without requiring that the user pushes, touches orskims any possible device interacting with these sensor circuits. Inturn, even the vocal control system 10, when it is also employed forselecting the operative programs and functions in the appliance referredto, is activated directly by the voice emitted by the user in to atleast a microphone associated to such vocal control system, and theconfiguration and operation thereof are described in detail in saidpatent application n. PN2006A000069. There are now described, in a notlimitative way, some examples of embodiments of the circuits of electricand electronic sensors 3 represented in the enclosed circuital scheme ofthe present patent. These examples of sensor circuits are constituted bymonoscopic video sensors, indicated with the electronic block 12, bymonoscopic video sensors with dichroic systems for stereoscopy,indicated with the electronic block 13, by stereoscopic video sensorsindicated with the electronic block 14, by movement sensors indicatedwith the electronic block 15, and by multi-channels audio sensorsindicated with the electronic block 16, of which all these circuits areconnected electrically and operatively to the microprocessor 1 and arerealized and operating as it will be described hereinafter. Moreover, itis to point out that additional sensor circuits can be in case foreseenand they may also be passive infrared sensors, indicated with theelectronic block 17, and ambient brightness sensors, indicated with theelectronic block 18, and realized and operating like those described inthe patent application n.

PN2010A000006, and therefore they will not taken into account for theeffect of the present invention. The monoscopic video sensors(electronic block 12) are constituted by at least a colour televisioncamera (not shown), able to shoot moving colour images of the space infront of the sensor. Such colour images have a middle and a highresolution. Some examples of this type of monoscopic sensors are thecolour television cameras with CMOS sensors of 2 MPixel and over,interfaced with the microprocessor 1 by means of an USB line, a lineEthernet with IP protocol or via composite video signals. The monoscopicvideo sensors with dichroic systems for stereoscopy (electronic block13) are constituted buy at least a monoscopic colour television camera(not shown), integrated with a dichroic system for stereoscopy. Stillutilizing a single CMOS sensor, this type of sensor is able to shootmoving stereoscopic colour images of the space in front of the sensor.The colour images have a middle and a high resolution. Some examples ofthese sensors are the monoscopic colour television cameras with CMOSsensors of 2 MPixel and over, integrated with a dichroic system forstereoscopy, interfaced with the microprocessor 1 by means of an USBline, a line Ethernet with IP protocol or via composite video signals.

The stereoscopic video sensors, indicated with the electronic block 14,are constituted by a stereoscopic colour television camera, composed ofan assembly of two monoscopic colour television cameras, linkedmechanically and synchronized to each other. Such sensor is able toshoot moving stereoscopic images of the space in front of the sensor.The colour images have a middle and a high resolution. An example ofthese sensors are the stereoscopic television cameras with CMOS sensorsof 2 MPixel and over, interfaced with the microprocessor 1 by means ofan USB line, a line Ethernet with IP protocol or via composite videosignals.

The movement sensors, indicated with the electronic block 15, areconstituted by sensors able to detect the presence of moving objectsinto their operative range.

The sensors utilized for this purpose are preferably sensors with activemicrowave or ultrasound based technology, integrated with passiveinfrared sensors, able to detect moving objects into a space of 1 to 5meters. An example of these sensors are the sensors normally used in thehousehold alarm systems. The multi-channel audio sensors, indicated withthe electronic block 16, are constituted by sensors able to receivesounds and noises. By utilizing some multi-channel systems withadequately spaced and oriented sensors, the received sounds and noisesmay come from different zones of the space in front of the sensors. Anexample of these sensors are the directional microphones, mounted insuch a position as to cover distinct and only partially overlapped zonesof the space in front of the system. These informations transmitted tothe microprocessor 1 may be also integrated with informations comingfrom the microprocessor 11 for real time processing the human voice,which receives and processes the informations of the vocal emissions ofthe persons who may be in case present in the surrounding space, in thesame manner described in the above patent application n. PN2006A000069.

In this way, all the types of sensors described by way of example onlyin the electronic blocks 12-18 pick up in a real time, in the spacesurrounding the appliance referred to, the informations relative thepresence of the persons, their posture and attitude and the movementsand gestures of the same persons, as well as the sounds and noisesproduced by these persons, and all the picked up informations aretransformed into data coded in a digital mode, which are transmitted tothe microprocessor 1 for being recognized and providing for the controlof the operative programs and functions of the appliance referred to,through the master microprocessor 5 of the same appliance, depending onthe informations respectively selected through such sensors. For thispurpose, the microprocessor 1 is set in advance with operative programscoded in a digital mode and relating the digital data of the presence,the posture and the movements and gestures etc. of the persons, as wellas the sounds and noises produced by the same persons, in order thatthese operative programs be able to recognize the above specifieddigital data during each selection of the operative programs andfunctions of the appliance. In this way, for each selection of suchoperative programs and functions, the operative program of themicroprocessor 1 provides for recognizing the digital data relating tothe presence of the persons, their movements, gestures and postures etc.as well as the sounds and noises produced by the same persons in frontof the different utilized sensors, for interpreting always correctly theindication of the person selections, and in response to the recognitionof the so selected data the microprocessor 1 provides for transmittingcorrespondent response digital data to the master microprocessor 5, withconsequent control and managing by this latter of the carrying out ofthe operative programs and functions selected in the appliance.

The above cited operative program of such microprocessor 1 of theinterface device 2, is also set for recognizing the data coded in thedigital mode of the human voice, through the vocal control system 10 andthe relative microprocessor 11, as already explained previously, and inresponse to the recognition of the so introduced digital data itprovides for transmitting correspondent response digital data to themaster microprocessor 5, with consequent control and managing by thislatter of the carrying out of the operative programs and functionsselected in the appliance.

Furthermore, it is to point out that the operative program of themicroprocessor 1 of the interface device 2 is also set for effecting anexchange of the coded digital data between it and each one of thesensors represented by the electronic blocks 12-16 and the additionalsensors 17 and 18, for setting each sensor to operate from time to timewith a determinate configuration, depending on the different parametersto be detected, and for checking the operative state of each sensor andthe exchange of the coded digital data among the microprocessor 1 andthe various sensors when the different operative programs and functionsin the appliance are carried out.

The operative program of the microprocessor 1 is further set also foreffecting an exchange of coded digital data between it and either one orboth the microprocessors 5 and 11, not only for the operation thereof asalready indicated previously, but also for setting each microprocessor 5or 11 or both the microprocessors 5 and 11 to operate from time to timewith a determinate configuration, depending on the different parametersto be processed, as well as for recognizing all the codes of thecontrols of the operative programs and functions which have beenselected, as described in the patent application n. PN2010A000006, andfor checking the operative state of each microprocessor and the exchangeof the coded digital data among the different microprocessors which havebeen activated during the carrying out of the different operativeprograms and functions in the appliance.

Therefore, at least the following is claimed:
 1. Interface device for anappliance for processing a plurality of high resolution operativeprograms and functions of different types of media, integrated with atelevision receiver screen (7), for setting and performing saidoperative programs and functions and displaying them on said televisionreceiver screen (7), said appliance comprising a first main mastermicroprocessor (5) for controlling and managing informatics analog anddigital data in general, and also comprising an electronic block (8)forreproducing the sounds of said operative programs and functionsconnected to said master-microprocessor (5) and to said televisionreceiver screen (7), said interface device (2) comprising a plurality ofelectric and electronic sensor means for selecting high resolutionoperative functions and programs of different types of media, a secondmain microprocessor (1) suitable to be connected to said firstmicroprocessor (5) and to said plurality of electric and electronicsensor means adapted to select the operative programs and functions ofsaid appliance, said appliance and said interface device (2) beingsuitable to be connected to a system for processing in a real time thehuman voice for processing and controlling said plurality of operativeprograms and functions of different types of media, comprising a thirdmicroprocessor (11) adapted to be activated and de-activated by thehuman voice and connected to said first (5) and second (1) mainmicroprocessors, for effecting an exchange of informatics data coded ina digital mode, wherein the operative programs and functions selected bysaid plurality of electric and electronic sensor means which arecontrolled and managed by said first main microprocessor (5), comprisealso data of operative programs and functions for personal computers andtelevision receivers of various kind, said plurality of electric andelectronic sensor means first sensor means (14) comprising stereoscopicvideo sensors, and passive infrared sensors, the operative programs ofsaid second main microprocessor (1) being also set in advance foreffecting an exchange of coded digital data between said second mainmicroprocessor (1) and each one of said sensors, so as to set eachsensor to operate from time to time with a determinate configuration,depending on the different parameters to be detected, and for checkingthe operative state of each sensor as well as the exchange of the codeddigital data among said second main microprocessor (1) and the differentsensor means during the carrying out of the different operative programsand functions, and for effecting also an exchange of coded digital databetween either one or both said first (5) and second (1) mainmicroprocessors and also for setting each one or both said first (5) andsecond (1) main microprocessors to operate from time to time with adeterminate configuration, depending on the different parameters to beprocessed, as well as for recognizing all the codes of the controls ofthe operative programs and functions which have been selected, and forchecking also the operative state of each one of said first (5) andsecond (1) main microprocessors and the exchange of the coded digitaldata among them during the carrying out of the different operativeprograms and functions, said second main microprocessor (1) beingfurther set with operative programs adapted to transmit the informationreceived from said plurality of electric and electronic sensor means toother external processors for a possible pre-processing thereof, whereinsaid external processors may be constituted by said first mainmicroprocessor (5) or, through them, by other processing systemsprovided in the network, in a manner that the so processed data are thenreturned to said first main microprocessor (5) for the final processingand the recognizing of the given controls.
 2. Interface device accordingto claim 1, wherein said plurality of electric and electronic sensormeans further comprises monoscopic video sensors.
 3. Interface deviceaccording to claim 1, wherein said plurality of electric and electronicsensor means further comprises monoscopic video sensors with dichroicsystems for stereoscopy.
 4. Interface device according to claim 1,wherein said plurality of electric and electronic sensor means furthercomprises multi-channels audio sensors.
 5. Interface device according toclaim 1, wherein said plurality of electric and electronic sensor meansfurther comprises ambient brightness sensors.
 6. Interface deviceaccording to claim 1, wherein said monoscopic video sensors of saidfirst sensor means (12) comprise at least a color television camera,adapted to shoot moving color images of a space in front of the sensor,which color images have a middle and a high resolution, said monoscopicvideo sensors being color television cameras with CMOS sensors with2MPixel and over, interfacing said second main microprocessor (1) via aUSB line, a line Ethernet with IP protocol or via composite videosignals.
 7. Interface device according to claim 1, wherein saidmonoscopic video sensors with dichroic systems for stereoscopy of saidsecond sensor means (13) comprise at least a monoscopic color televisioncamera, integrated with a dichroic system for stereoscopy, adapted toshoot moving stereoscopic color images in a space in front of thesensor, which color images have a middle and a high resolution, saidmonoscopic video sensors with dichroic systems for stereoscopy beingmonoscopic color television cameras with CMOS sensors with 2MPixel andover, integrated with a dichroic system for stereoscopy, interfacingsaid second main microprocessor (1) via a USB line, a line Ethernet withIP protocol, or via composite video signals.
 8. Interface deviceaccording to claim 1, wherein said stereoscopic video sensors of saidthird sensor means (14) comprise a stereoscopic color television camera,composed of an assembly of two monoscopic color television cameras,mechanically linked and synchronized to each other, adapted to shootmoving stereoscopic images of a space in front of the sensor, whichcolor images have a middle and a high resolution, said stereoscopicvideo sensors being stereoscopic television cameras with CMOS sensorswith 2MPixel and over, interfacing said second main microprocessor (1)via a USB line, a line Ethernet with IP Protocol, or via composite videosignals.
 9. Interface device according to claim 1, wherein said movementsensors of said fourth sensor means (15) comprise sensors adapted todetect the presence of moving objects within their operative range,which include sensors with microwave or ultrasound based activetechnology, integrated with passive infrared sensors, adapted to detectmoving objects within a space of 1-5 meters, said movement sensors beingsensors normally used in household alarm systems.
 10. Interface deviceaccording to claim 1, wherein said multichannel audio sensors of saidfifth sensor means (16) comprise sensors adapted to receive sounds,adequately spaced and oriented, for receiving sounds coming fromdifferent areas of a space in front of the sensors, said multichannelaudio sensors being directional microphones, mounted in such a positionas to cover distinct and partially overlapped areas of the space infront of the sensors.